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Immediate Nail Lengthening with the Eponychial Folding Procedure in Acute Finger Tip Injury
Journal of the Korean Society for Surgery of the Hand ; : 27-33, 2017.
Article in Korean | WPRIM | ID: wpr-162094
ABSTRACT

PURPOSE:

We present the clinical results and operative method of the immediate eponychium of nail fold set back for lengthening of nails caused by acute fingertip injuries.

METHODS:

The research was conducted with a total of 172 patients during the period from January 2014 to June 2016. The operation method was performed in a way to fold down the two sides of the nail eponychium and had suture. A survey of the patients' subjective satisfaction was conducted and the relative nail length was compared before and after the operation as well as the nail length of the uninjured contralateral finger. The mean follow-up period was 18.2 weeks.

RESULTS:

In all cases, the operation time was under 3 minutes. There were no specific complications such as nail eponychium's necrosis or congestion. The new nail did not have any additional deformation. On average, the extended nail length was 3.2 mm. Compared with preoperation, the average extension ratio of the nail length was 48%, even with 75% of nail length recovery in comparison with the uninjured contralateral finger. The subjective self-satisfaction score was 92.5 on average. The satisfaction score was higher for patients who had greater remnant nail length.

CONCLUSION:

Immediate nail lengthening with the eponychial folding is a simple, safe and useful method with high subjective satisfaction in aesthetics for the patients with acute fingertip injuries.
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Full text: Available Index: WPRIM (Western Pacific) Main subject: Sutures / Follow-Up Studies / Estrogens, Conjugated (USP) / Esthetics / Fingers / Methods / Necrosis Type of study: Observational study / Prognostic study Limits: Humans Language: Korean Journal: Journal of the Korean Society for Surgery of the Hand Year: 2017 Type: Article

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Full text: Available Index: WPRIM (Western Pacific) Main subject: Sutures / Follow-Up Studies / Estrogens, Conjugated (USP) / Esthetics / Fingers / Methods / Necrosis Type of study: Observational study / Prognostic study Limits: Humans Language: Korean Journal: Journal of the Korean Society for Surgery of the Hand Year: 2017 Type: Article